mutant

mutant

1. adjective Utterly bizarre, disproportionate, or disfigured in appearance, as suggestive of genetic mutation. The creature had these mutant eyes, all misshapen and quivering, that didn't blink so much as roll back into their sockets briefly every few seconds.
2. adjective Extremely and abnormally large, especially that which grows in the ground. My uncle won another prize at the country fair for the mutant pumpkins he's been growing.
3. noun Someone or something that is bizarre, disproportionate, or disfigured in appearance, as suggestive of genetic mutation. Would you look at the size of that mutant! He must be nearly eight feet tall! As if I would be caught dead on a date with an ugly mutant like him!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mutant

n. a total jerk; a social outcast. (Also a term of address.) Sam, you act like such a mutant!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bulletproof
  • appropriate for
  • weird and wonderful
  • as (something) as the next man/woman/person
  • as as the next man
  • as good, well, etc. as the next person
  • as the next person
  • back and forth
  • man to man
  • man-to-man
References in periodicals archive
Genotypic variabilityand mutant identification in Cicer arietinum L.
When sailing on down any given road, the Creature mutant is naturally prone to trouble.
These data suggest a way in which receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors could be used to treat individuals with KRAS mutant colorectal cancers.
Thus, a test case that kills a mutant identifies that a PUT and its mutant represent two distinct functions.
1X-MEN (2000) THE first glimpse of the world of the X-Men saw Sir Patrick Stewart as the telepathic Professor Charles Xavier and Sir Ian McKellen as the metalcontrolling Magneto clash over their ideas for the future of mutants. Neither actor knew how to play chess beforehand and a chess master had to teach them for their key scenes in the film.
Mutant RAS cancers, including KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS cancers, are reported to have high basal levels of autophagy, which they use to maintain nutrient supply, regulate cancer cell metabolism, and mitochondria surveillance.
Tumours with class 3 BRAF mutants are sensitive to the inhibition of activated RAS.
These are: BPI-121-407, PARC 1, PARC 2, BPI Ri-10, PSB Rc 78, Milagrosa mutant, Azmil mutant, Bengawan mutant, PR22902, NSIC Rc272 (Sahod Ulan 2) and NSIC Rc346 (Sahod Ulan 11).
Mistrust and fear of mutants have been a stand-in for mistreatment of racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities in the United States wherever X-Men stories are told.
This review will explore our current understanding of BRAF mutant cancers with respect to presence or absence of MSI.
Myo3a mutant mice were compared with their wild-type littermates at each age.
While the arrival of the Atom and the Enchantress was something that was expected by the masses, the announcement of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was completely unexpected.
The San Diego Comic-Con has revealed the trailer of its new show, The Gifted , a new X-men spin-off TV series that follows the Strucker family as they go on the run from the government after discovering that their children have mutant powers.
"13 Reasons Why" actor Henry Zaga has been cast in FOX's long-awaited "X-Men" spinoff "New Mutants."
Arginine (R) 119 was then replaced by glycine (G) to create mutant P5CR1 using the Foldx plugin in YASARA [21].